STRESS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT OF NURSING STUDENTS DURING PRACTICING IN THE LABOR ROOM

Abstract

This research was a descriptive study and the objectives were 1) to study the stress level  of nursing students in the labor room practice, 2) to study the cause of stress of nursing students  in the labor room practice, 3) to study stress management of nursing students in the labor room practice, 4) to study factors affecting the stress of nursing students in the labor room practice. The population consisted of 146 third year nursing students in the Bachelor of Nursing Science Program, Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Ratchaburi, who studied in the course of Maternal, Infant and Midwifery Nursing Practicum 1 in the semester 2-3 of the 2018 academic year. Research tools consisted of 1) Personal information questionnaire, 2) Stress Questionnaire 3), Questionnaire on causes of stress, 4) Stress management questionnaire. The value of IOC (Index of item objective congruence) was 0.67-1.00 and the value of reliability which was analyzed by Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient formula was 0.80 or higher. The statistics used in this study were Frequency Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Linear Regression.

The results of the research showed that :

1. The stress level of the students in the labour room              practice indicated that most of the students had the              low level of stress at 59.59 and 4.11 percent of them              had the high and highest levels of stress equally.

2. The most cause of stress of nursing students in the labor room practice were from their study (Mean = 2.19, S.D. = 1.01) and the least stress among students from their families (Mean = 1.29, SD. = 0.75) and stress among minority students from their families (Mean = 1.29, SD. = 0.75).

3. Most of the students managed their stress by taking a rest, sleeping, exercising and playing sports at a high level (Mean = 4.05, S.D. = 0.99) and activities that students practiced in managing stress were at a low level, i.e. running away from problems/not facing problems at that time (Mean = 1.37, S.D. = 1.01).

3. Family factor, relationship with others, education, health, personal personality, financial and environmental aspects were positively correlated with the stress of the nursing students on labor practice respectively (r = .149, 289, 295, 342, 342, 344, 724) with a statistical significance at the .01 level and Personal personality, financial, environmental factors can predict the incidence of stress in the nursing students at 34.4 % with a statistical significance at the .01 level.